less jank web requests to the mojang api

pom.xml

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
             <version>0.5.11</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+            <version>5.3.1</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>

src/main/java/cc/fascinated/api/controller/ExceptionControllerAdvice.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 
 @ControllerAdvice
 public final class ExceptionControllerAdvice {
+
     /**
      * Handle a raised exception.
      *

src/main/java/cc/fascinated/mojang/MojangAPIService.java

@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 package cc.fascinated.mojang;
 
-import cc.fascinated.Main;
 import cc.fascinated.mojang.types.MojangApiProfile;
 import cc.fascinated.mojang.types.MojangSessionServerProfile;
-import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
-import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import cc.fascinated.util.WebRequest;
+import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
-import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
-
-@Service
+@Service @Log4j2
 public class MojangAPIService {
 
     @Value("${mojang.session-server}")
@@ -27,18 +22,8 @@ public class MojangAPIService {
      * @param id the uuid or name of the player
      * @return the profile
      */
-    @SneakyThrows
     public MojangSessionServerProfile getSessionServerProfile(String id) {
-        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-                .uri(new URI(mojangSessionServerUrl + "/session/minecraft/profile/" + id))
-                .GET()
-                .build();
-
-        HttpResponse<String> response = Main.getCLIENT().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
-        if (response.statusCode() != 200) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return Main.getGSON().fromJson(response.body(), new TypeToken<MojangSessionServerProfile>(){}.getType());
+        return WebRequest.get(mojangSessionServerUrl + "/session/minecraft/profile/" + id);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -47,17 +32,7 @@ public class MojangAPIService {
      * @param id the name of the player
      * @return the profile
      */
-    @SneakyThrows
     public MojangApiProfile getApiProfile(String id) {
-        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-                .uri(new URI(mojangApiUrl + "/users/profiles/minecraft/" + id))
-                .GET()
-                .build();
-
-        HttpResponse<String> response = Main.getCLIENT().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
-        if (response.statusCode() != 200) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return Main.getGSON().fromJson(response.body(), new TypeToken<MojangApiProfile>(){}.getType());
+        return WebRequest.get(mojangApiUrl + "/users/profiles/minecraft/" + id);
     }
 }

src/main/java/cc/fascinated/player/impl/Skin.java

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
-import org.apache.tomcat.util.http.fileupload.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;

src/main/java/cc/fascinated/util/WebRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package cc.fascinated.util;
+
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
+
+public class WebRequest {
+
+    /**
+     * The web client.
+     */
+    private static final RestClient CLIENT = RestClient.builder()
+            .requestFactory(new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory())
+            .build();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a response from the given URL.
+     *
+     * @param url the url
+     * @return the response
+     * @param <T> the type of the response
+     */
+    public static <T> T get(String url) {
+        try {
+            ResponseEntity<T> profile = CLIENT.get()
+                    .uri(url)
+                    .retrieve()
+                    .toEntity((Class<T>) Object.class);
+
+            if (profile.getStatusCode().isError()) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return profile.getBody();
+        } catch (HttpClientErrorException ex) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}